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1 league
league [li:g]1 noun(a) (alliance) ligue f;∎ to be in league (with sb) être de mèche ou de connivence (avec qn);∎ they are in league together ils sont complices ou de mèche;∎ they're all in league against me ils se sont tous ligués contre moi∎ United are league leaders at the moment United est en tête du championnat en ce moment∎ I'm not in your league, I'm not in the same league as you je ne suis pas de votre niveau;∎ they're not in the same league ils ne sont pas du même niveau;∎ I thought I was good but he's in another league je pensais que j'étais bon mais il est bien meilleur que moi;∎ to be in the big league être parmi les meilleurs;∎ that's way out of our league ce n'est pas du tout dans nos possibilités∎ to be leagued with sb être allié à ou avec qnse liguer►► Football league champions champion m;∎ to become league champions remporter le championnat;Football league championship championnat m;league championship match match m de championnat ou comptant pour le championnat;Football league match match m de championnat;History the League of Nations la Société des Nations;∎ figurative a league table of statistics un classement statistique -
2 league
league [li:g]1. nouna. ( = association) ligue f• major/minor league première/deuxième division fc. ( = class) catégorie f• this is way out of your league! tu n'es pas de taille !2. compounds* * *[liːg]1) ( alliance) gen, Politics ligue f••to be leagues ahead of something/somebody — être bien meilleur que quelque chose/quelqu'un
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3 championship
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4 bowl game
ⓘ Bowl games Les équipes de football des universités américaines s'affrontent dans un championnat amateur consistant en une série de matchs, les college bowl games. Ces matchs doivent leur nom à la forme particulière ( bowl) du stade où ils sont joués. Chacun d'entre eux est en général associé à une ville américaine: le Cotton Bowl à Dallas, le Sugar Bowl à New Orleans, le Orange Bowl à Miami, etc. Le Superbowl, finale du championnat professionnel, a lieu chaque année dans une ville différente. -
5 world
world [wɜ:ld]1. nouna. monde m• where in the world has he got to? où a-t-il bien pu passer ?b. (emphatic phrases) there's a world of difference between Paul and Richard il y a un monde entre Paul et Richard► out of this world > (inf) extraordinairec. ( = this life) monde md. ( = domain, environment) monde m• the business/sporting world le monde des affaires/du sporte. ( = society) monde m2. compounds• on a world scale à l'échelle mondiale ► the World Service noun (British) service international de la BBC• the World title fight (Boxing) le championnat du monde ► the World Trade Organization noun l'Organisation f mondiale du commerce[be known] mondialement ; [travel] partout dans le monde* * *[wɜːld] 1.1) ( planet) monde m2) ( group of people) monde m3) ( section of the earth) pays mplthe Eastern/Western world — les pays de l'Est/occidentaux
4) ( environment) monde m, univers m2.he lives in a world of his own ou a private world — il vit dans un monde à part
noun modifier [ events, leader, politics] mondial; [ record, tour, championship] du monde; [ cruise] autour du monde••(all) the world and his wife — hum tout le monde
for all the world like/as if — exactement comme/comme si
it did him the ou a world of good — ça lui a fait énormément de bien
what/where/who etc in the world? — que/où/qui etc diable?
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6 championship
championship n championnat m ; ( over several rounds) tournoi m ; the swimming championships ( one competition) le championnat de natation. -
7 Games and sports
With or without the definite article?French normally uses the definite article with names of games and sports:football= le footballbridge= le bridgechess= les échecs mplmarbles= les billes fplcops and robbers= les gendarmes et les voleursto play football= jouer au footballto play bridge= jouer au bridgeto play chess= jouer aux échecsto play marbles or at marbles= jouer aux billesto play cops and robbers or at cops and robbers= jouer aux gendarmes et aux voleursto like football= aimer le footballto like chess= aimer les échecsBut most compound nouns (e.g. saute-mouton, colin-maillard, pigeon vole) work like this:hide-and-seek= cache-cache mto play at hide-and-seek= jouer à cache-cacheto like hide-and-seek= aimer jouer à cache-cacheNames of other ‘official’ games and sports follow the same pattern as bridge in the following phrases:to play bridge with X against Y= jouer au bridge avec X contre Yto beat sb at bridge= battre qn au bridgeto win at bridge= gagner au bridgeto lose at bridge= perdre au bridgeshe’s good at bridge= elle joue bien au bridgea bridge club= un club de bridgePlayers and eventsa bridge player= un joueur de bridgebutI’m not a bridge player= je ne joue pas au bridgehe’s a good bridge player= il joue bien au bridgea game of bridge= une partie de bridgea bridge champion= un champion de bridgethe French bridge champion= le champion de France de bridgea bridge championship= un championnat de bridgeto win the French championship= gagner le championnat de Francethe rules of bridge= les règles du bridgePlaying cardsThe names of the four suits work like club here:clubs= les trèfles mplto play a club= jouer un trèflea high/low club= un gros/petit trèflethe eight of clubs= le huit de trèflethe ace of clubs= l’as de trèfleI’ve no clubs left= je n’ai plus de trèflehave you any clubs?= as-tu du trèfle?clubs are trumps= l’atout est trèfleto call two clubs= demander deux trèflesOther games’ vocabulary can be found in the dictionary at match, game, set, trick etc. -
8 bowl
bowl [bəʊl]1 noun(a) (receptacle, contents) bol m; (larger) bassin m, cuvette f; (shallow) jatte f; (made of glass) coupe f; (for washing-up) cuvette f; (of beggar) sébile f;∎ a bowl of rice un bol de riz;∎ the cat drank a bowl of milk le chat a bu tout un bol de lait(b) (rounded part → of spoon) creux m; (→ of pipe) fourneau m; (→ of wine glass) coupe f; (→ of sink, toilet) cuvette f∎ I bowled 160 j'ai marqué 160 points;∎ to bowl the ball (in cricket) servir;∎ he bowled (out) the batsman il a mis le batteur hors jeu(a) Sport (play bowls) jouer aux boules; (play tenpin bowling) jouer au bowling; (in cricket) lancer (la balle);(b) (move quickly) filer, aller bon train;∎ the kids came bowling down the street les enfants descendaient la rue à toute allure;∎ the bus bowled along the country lanes l'autocar roulait à toute vitesse sur les petites routes de campagne∎ let's play (a game of) bowls! et si on jouait aux boules!►► bowl game = match de football américain, qui n'a pas lieu dans le cadre d'un championnat, qui oppose les meilleures équipes d'une régionfamiliar renverser□Sport (in cricket) mettre hors jeu(a) (knock down) renverser, faire tomber∎ I was bowled over by the news la nouvelle m'a abasourdi;∎ our success really bowled them over notre réussite les a renversés -
9 championship
championship ['tʃæmpjənʃɪp]∎ he plays championship tennis il participe aux championnats de tennis►► championship match match m de championnatUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > championship
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10 CAC
1) Общая лексика: Collective action clause2) Военный термин: Central Advisory Council, Civil Administration Committee, Civil Affairs Command, Common Access Card, Continental Air Command, Continental Army Command, U.S. Army Combined Arms Command, chief artillery controller, civic action center, clear all channels, combat air command, combat aircrew, combined action company, combined arms center, command analysis center, command and control, computer-aided classification, constant alert cycle, contract administration control, contract award committee, control and analysis center, control and coordination, cooperation and coordination, current action center, Combined Arms Center (formerly Combined Arms Command), command aviation company3) Техника: California Arts Council, Contemporary Arts Center, changing to approach control, contact area commander, containment atmosphere control, control air compressor, УДЦ, Учебно-демонстрационный центр, Customer Application Center4) Строительство: центральная система кондиционирования воздуха5) Страхование: Cost and charges6) Металлургия: carbon-arc cutting7) Сокращение: Canadian Armoured Corps, Capital Area Conference, Central Advisory Committee, Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corp. (China), City Administration Center, Coast Artillery Corps, Coastal Artillery Computer, Combat Air Crew, Combat Assessment Capability, Combined Arms Center (USA), Consumer Advisory Council, Consumer Affairs Council, Consumer Association of Canada, Control & Analysis Center (USA), Corrective Action Code (address list, 2006, works with CARL), County Administration Centre, Custom Armoring Corp. (USA), Chroma Amplitude Corrector, Codex Alimentarius Commission, CECOM (Army Communications and Electronics Command) Acquisition Center (US Army), CableAmerica Corporation, Cache File, Cadet Advisory Council, Cairo American College (Egypt), Calculated Age at Commencement (UK criminal system; mainly prison & probation services), California Acupuncture College, California Administrative Code, California Apple Commission, California Asparagus Commission, California Association of Criminalists, California Avocado Commission, Call Access Control, Call Admission Control, Calling All Cars (Playstation 3 game), Calling-Card Authorization Center, Calling-card Authorization Computer (Sprint), Callingcard Authorization Center, Campaign Against Censorship, Canadian Advisory Committee, Canadian Airports Council, Canadian Association for Conservation, Canadian Aviation Corps (World War I), Capital Allocation Committee, Capital Athletic Conference, Carbohydrate Awareness Council, Cardiac Accelerator Center, Cardioacceleratory Center, Career Assistance Counseling, Caribbean Air Command, Carrier Access Charge, Carrier Access Code, Carrier Access Corporation (Boulder, CO, USA), Carrier Advisory Committee, Carrier Air Patrol, Casualty Area Command, Casualty Area Commander, Catawba Animal Clinic (Rock Hill, South Carolina), Catchment Area Council, Categorical Assistance Code, Categorization & Custody, Cauliflower Alley Club, Ceiling Attenuation Class, Cement Association of Canada, Center for Advanced Communications (Villanova University), Central Accessory Compartment, Central Air Command (Pakistan Air Force), Central Air Conditioner (real estate), Central Alarm Cabinet, Central American and Caribbean, Central Arizona College, Central de Atendimento a Clientes, Centre Alge'rien de la Cine'matographie (Algeria), Centre d'Action Culturelle (French), Certificat d'Aptitute Au Championat (FCI dog show reserve champion), Certificat d'Aptitute au Championnat (European dog shows), Certified Addictions Counselor, Certified Annuity Consultant, Change Area Coordinator (Sprint), Change to Approach Control, Channel Access Code, Charged Air Cooler (turbochargers), Cheese and Crackers, Chemometrics in Analytical Chemistry (conference), Chengdu Aircraft Company (China), Chicago Artists' Coalition, Child Activity Center, Child Advocacy Center, Chinese Alliance Church, Chinese Annual Conference (of the Methodist Church in Singapore), Christ Apostolic Church, Circuit Access Code, Circuit Administration Center, Citizens Action Coalition, Citizens Advisory Council, Citizens' Advisory Committee, Civil Affairs Coordinator, Civil Applications Committee, Civilian Advisory Conference, Clean Air Council, Clear Acquisition Code (GPS), Clear All Corridors (hospital), Client Acceptance Committee, Climate Analysis Center, Clinical Advisory Committee, Closed Air Circuit, Clostridium Acetobutylicum, Coaching Association of Canada, Coal Association of Canada, Coalition for America's Children, Coastal Assistant Controller, Cognitive-Affective-Conative, Collection Accounting Classification, Collection Advisory Center, Color Access Control, Combat Analysis Capability, Combined Arms Center (Ft Leavenworth, Kansas), Combined Arms Center/Command, Command & Control, Commander's Access Channel, Commandos d'Action Cubains (French), Commissaire Aux Comptes (French, financial), Commission on Accreditation for Corrections, Common Access Card (smart card technology used in DoD), Common And COTS, Common Avionics Computer, Communication Aid Centre (UK), Communication Architecture for Clusters, Community Action Council, Community Activities Center, Community Activity Center, Community Affairs Committee, Community Affairs Council, Community Agriculture Centre, Community Alliance Church, Community Amenity Contribution (Canada), Commuting Area Candidate, Compandored Analog Carrier, Competition Appeal Court, Complaints Advisory Committee, Complex Advisory Council, Compound Access Control, Compressed Aeronautical Chart, Compressor After Cooler, Computer Access Center, Computer Aided Crime, Computer Asset Controller, Computer-Aided Construction, Computer-Aided Cost/Classification, Computer-Assisted Cartography, Computing Accreditation Commission (ABET), Concord Automation and Controls, Conditional Acceptance Certificate, Conformity Assessment Certificate, Connection Acceptance Control, Connection Admission Control (Asynchronous Transfer Mode), Connection Asset Customer, Connection Assurance Check, Conseil des Ae'roports du Canada (Canadian Airports Council), Conservatief Accoord, Console Alarm Card, Consulting and Audit Canada, Consumer Affairs Commission (Jamaica), Consumers Association of Canada, Contact Agility Club, Contact Approach Control, Context-Aware Computing, Continuity Army Council (IRA), Contract Audit Coordinator (DCAA), Contract Awards Committee, Contractor's Approach to CALS, Control Analysis Center, Coomera Anglican College (Gold Coast, Australia), Cooper Aerobics Center, Coronary Artery Calcium, Corporate Affairs Commission (Nigeria), Corps Aviation Company, Cost Account Code, Cost At Completion, Cotation Assiste'e En Continu (French: Continuous-Time Computer-Assisted Quotation System), Cotation Assistee En Continue (French Stock Exchange Index), Counselors Advisory Committee (B'ham Al Crisis Center), Cow Appreciation Campaign, Create A Card (online gaming), Creative Arts Center (West Virginia University), Credentialed Addictions Counselor, Credit Association of Canada, Crew Available Cycle, Crimes Against Children, Crisis Action Cell, Crisis Action Center, Criteria Air Containment, Crossroads of America Council (Boy Scout council comprising most of Indiana, USA), Cumulative Average Cost, Cumulative Average Curve, Custom Arms Company, Inc., Customer Administration Center, Customer Advisory Council, Customer Assistance Center, Cyclists Advisory Committee (Alberta, Canada), current actions center (US DoD), charge air coder8) Университет: Campus Advisory Council, College And Career9) Вычислительная техника: computer-aided composition, connection-admission control, применение компьютера для создания музыкальных композиций, Channel Access Code (Bluetooth), Connection Admission Control (UNI, ATM)10) Нефть: Central Asia central pipeline, трубопровод Средняя Азия-Центр (Central Asia Central pipeline)11) Токсикология: Комиссия "Кодекс Алиментариус"12) Банковское дело: поправочный валютный коэффициент (сокр. от currency adjustment charge)13) Воздухоплавание: Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (Aust.)14) Экология: Center for Analysis of Climate, Climate Advisory Committee15) Энергетика: Учебно-демонстрационный центр (GE)16) СМИ: Comic Arts Conference17) Деловая лексика: Compagnie des Agents de Change18) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: Central Asia - Center19) Океанография: Computer Advisory Committee20) Общая лексика: charge air cooler21) Расширение файла: dBASE IV executable when caching on/ off22) Нефть и газ: pipeline "Central Asia-Centre", трубопровод «Центральная Азия – Центр», pipeline ‘Central Asia – Centre’23) Военно-политический термин: Combined Arms Command24) МИД: (CODEX Alimentarius Commission) КАК (Комиссия "КОДЕКС Алиментариус")25) Собаководство: CAC26) Водоснабжение: содержание производных хлора27) Должность: Certified Addiction Counselor28) AMEX. Camden National Corporation29) Международные перевозки: currency adjustment charge -
11 cac
1) Общая лексика: Collective action clause2) Военный термин: Central Advisory Council, Civil Administration Committee, Civil Affairs Command, Common Access Card, Continental Air Command, Continental Army Command, U.S. Army Combined Arms Command, chief artillery controller, civic action center, clear all channels, combat air command, combat aircrew, combined action company, combined arms center, command analysis center, command and control, computer-aided classification, constant alert cycle, contract administration control, contract award committee, control and analysis center, control and coordination, cooperation and coordination, current action center, Combined Arms Center (formerly Combined Arms Command), command aviation company3) Техника: California Arts Council, Contemporary Arts Center, changing to approach control, contact area commander, containment atmosphere control, control air compressor, УДЦ, Учебно-демонстрационный центр, Customer Application Center4) Строительство: центральная система кондиционирования воздуха5) Страхование: Cost and charges6) Металлургия: carbon-arc cutting7) Сокращение: Canadian Armoured Corps, Capital Area Conference, Central Advisory Committee, Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corp. (China), City Administration Center, Coast Artillery Corps, Coastal Artillery Computer, Combat Air Crew, Combat Assessment Capability, Combined Arms Center (USA), Consumer Advisory Council, Consumer Affairs Council, Consumer Association of Canada, Control & Analysis Center (USA), Corrective Action Code (address list, 2006, works with CARL), County Administration Centre, Custom Armoring Corp. (USA), Chroma Amplitude Corrector, Codex Alimentarius Commission, CECOM (Army Communications and Electronics Command) Acquisition Center (US Army), CableAmerica Corporation, Cache File, Cadet Advisory Council, Cairo American College (Egypt), Calculated Age at Commencement (UK criminal system; mainly prison & probation services), California Acupuncture College, California Administrative Code, California Apple Commission, California Asparagus Commission, California Association of Criminalists, California Avocado Commission, Call Access Control, Call Admission Control, Calling All Cars (Playstation 3 game), Calling-Card Authorization Center, Calling-card Authorization Computer (Sprint), Callingcard Authorization Center, Campaign Against Censorship, Canadian Advisory Committee, Canadian Airports Council, Canadian Association for Conservation, Canadian Aviation Corps (World War I), Capital Allocation Committee, Capital Athletic Conference, Carbohydrate Awareness Council, Cardiac Accelerator Center, Cardioacceleratory Center, Career Assistance Counseling, Caribbean Air Command, Carrier Access Charge, Carrier Access Code, Carrier Access Corporation (Boulder, CO, USA), Carrier Advisory Committee, Carrier Air Patrol, Casualty Area Command, Casualty Area Commander, Catawba Animal Clinic (Rock Hill, South Carolina), Catchment Area Council, Categorical Assistance Code, Categorization & Custody, Cauliflower Alley Club, Ceiling Attenuation Class, Cement Association of Canada, Center for Advanced Communications (Villanova University), Central Accessory Compartment, Central Air Command (Pakistan Air Force), Central Air Conditioner (real estate), Central Alarm Cabinet, Central American and Caribbean, Central Arizona College, Central de Atendimento a Clientes, Centre Alge'rien de la Cine'matographie (Algeria), Centre d'Action Culturelle (French), Certificat d'Aptitute Au Championat (FCI dog show reserve champion), Certificat d'Aptitute au Championnat (European dog shows), Certified Addictions Counselor, Certified Annuity Consultant, Change Area Coordinator (Sprint), Change to Approach Control, Channel Access Code, Charged Air Cooler (turbochargers), Cheese and Crackers, Chemometrics in Analytical Chemistry (conference), Chengdu Aircraft Company (China), Chicago Artists' Coalition, Child Activity Center, Child Advocacy Center, Chinese Alliance Church, Chinese Annual Conference (of the Methodist Church in Singapore), Christ Apostolic Church, Circuit Access Code, Circuit Administration Center, Citizens Action Coalition, Citizens Advisory Council, Citizens' Advisory Committee, Civil Affairs Coordinator, Civil Applications Committee, Civilian Advisory Conference, Clean Air Council, Clear Acquisition Code (GPS), Clear All Corridors (hospital), Client Acceptance Committee, Climate Analysis Center, Clinical Advisory Committee, Closed Air Circuit, Clostridium Acetobutylicum, Coaching Association of Canada, Coal Association of Canada, Coalition for America's Children, Coastal Assistant Controller, Cognitive-Affective-Conative, Collection Accounting Classification, Collection Advisory Center, Color Access Control, Combat Analysis Capability, Combined Arms Center (Ft Leavenworth, Kansas), Combined Arms Center/Command, Command & Control, Commander's Access Channel, Commandos d'Action Cubains (French), Commissaire Aux Comptes (French, financial), Commission on Accreditation for Corrections, Common Access Card (smart card technology used in DoD), Common And COTS, Common Avionics Computer, Communication Aid Centre (UK), Communication Architecture for Clusters, Community Action Council, Community Activities Center, Community Activity Center, Community Affairs Committee, Community Affairs Council, Community Agriculture Centre, Community Alliance Church, Community Amenity Contribution (Canada), Commuting Area Candidate, Compandored Analog Carrier, Competition Appeal Court, Complaints Advisory Committee, Complex Advisory Council, Compound Access Control, Compressed Aeronautical Chart, Compressor After Cooler, Computer Access Center, Computer Aided Crime, Computer Asset Controller, Computer-Aided Construction, Computer-Aided Cost/Classification, Computer-Assisted Cartography, Computing Accreditation Commission (ABET), Concord Automation and Controls, Conditional Acceptance Certificate, Conformity Assessment Certificate, Connection Acceptance Control, Connection Admission Control (Asynchronous Transfer Mode), Connection Asset Customer, Connection Assurance Check, Conseil des Ae'roports du Canada (Canadian Airports Council), Conservatief Accoord, Console Alarm Card, Consulting and Audit Canada, Consumer Affairs Commission (Jamaica), Consumers Association of Canada, Contact Agility Club, Contact Approach Control, Context-Aware Computing, Continuity Army Council (IRA), Contract Audit Coordinator (DCAA), Contract Awards Committee, Contractor's Approach to CALS, Control Analysis Center, Coomera Anglican College (Gold Coast, Australia), Cooper Aerobics Center, Coronary Artery Calcium, Corporate Affairs Commission (Nigeria), Corps Aviation Company, Cost Account Code, Cost At Completion, Cotation Assiste'e En Continu (French: Continuous-Time Computer-Assisted Quotation System), Cotation Assistee En Continue (French Stock Exchange Index), Counselors Advisory Committee (B'ham Al Crisis Center), Cow Appreciation Campaign, Create A Card (online gaming), Creative Arts Center (West Virginia University), Credentialed Addictions Counselor, Credit Association of Canada, Crew Available Cycle, Crimes Against Children, Crisis Action Cell, Crisis Action Center, Criteria Air Containment, Crossroads of America Council (Boy Scout council comprising most of Indiana, USA), Cumulative Average Cost, Cumulative Average Curve, Custom Arms Company, Inc., Customer Administration Center, Customer Advisory Council, Customer Assistance Center, Cyclists Advisory Committee (Alberta, Canada), current actions center (US DoD), charge air coder8) Университет: Campus Advisory Council, College And Career9) Вычислительная техника: computer-aided composition, connection-admission control, применение компьютера для создания музыкальных композиций, Channel Access Code (Bluetooth), Connection Admission Control (UNI, ATM)10) Нефть: Central Asia central pipeline, трубопровод Средняя Азия-Центр (Central Asia Central pipeline)11) Токсикология: Комиссия "Кодекс Алиментариус"12) Банковское дело: поправочный валютный коэффициент (сокр. от currency adjustment charge)13) Воздухоплавание: Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (Aust.)14) Экология: Center for Analysis of Climate, Climate Advisory Committee15) Энергетика: Учебно-демонстрационный центр (GE)16) СМИ: Comic Arts Conference17) Деловая лексика: Compagnie des Agents de Change18) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: Central Asia - Center19) Океанография: Computer Advisory Committee20) Общая лексика: charge air cooler21) Расширение файла: dBASE IV executable when caching on/ off22) Нефть и газ: pipeline "Central Asia-Centre", трубопровод «Центральная Азия – Центр», pipeline ‘Central Asia – Centre’23) Военно-политический термин: Combined Arms Command24) МИД: (CODEX Alimentarius Commission) КАК (Комиссия "КОДЕКС Алиментариус")25) Собаководство: CAC26) Водоснабжение: содержание производных хлора27) Должность: Certified Addiction Counselor28) AMEX. 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12 bet
bet [bet](preterite, past participle bet or betted)• I wouldn't bet on it! ne compte pas trop dessus !• to bet $10 parier 10 dollars• I bet he'll come! je te parie qu'il viendra !• you can bet your bottom dollar or your life that... (inf: inf) tu peux parier tout ce que tu veux que...3. nounpari m• to put a bet (on sth/sb) parier (sur qch/qn)• Liverpool look a safe bet for the championship Liverpool a toutes les chances de gagner le championnat* * *[bet] 1.1) ( gamble) pari mto place ou put ou lay a bet on — parier or faire un pari sur [horse, dog]; miser sur [number, colour]
‘place your bets!’ — ( in roulette) ‘faites vos jeux!’
a good ou safe bet — fig une valeur sûre
2) ( guess)2.transitive verb (p prés etc - tt-; prét, pp bet ou betted) gen parier (on sur); ( in gambling) parier, miser3.bet you can/can't! — ( between children) chiche!
intransitive verb (p prés etc - tt-; prét, pp bet ou betted) gen parier (on sur) gen parier; ( in casino) miserto bet on a horse/race — parier sur un cheval/dans une course
something will go wrong, you can bet on it — il y a forcément quelque chose qui va aller de travers, tu peux en être sûr
you bet! — tu parles!, et comment!
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13 could
could [kʊd]a. (past)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When could refers to ability in the past, it is translated by the perfect of pouvoir, or by the imperfect if the time is continuous.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• I couldn't phone because I had no change je n'ai pas pu téléphoner parce que je n'avais pas de monnaie━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When used with a verb of perception, could is not usually translated.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► could have is usually translated by the conditional of avoir + pu.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━b. (present)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When could refers to the present, the present tense is generally used in French.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When could indicates future possibility, it is translated by the conditional.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• you could at least apologize! tu pourrais au moins t'excuser !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• could you pass me the salt, please? pourriez-vous me passer le sel, s'il vous plaît ?• could I have a word with you? est-ce que je pourrais vous parler un instant (s'il vous plaît) ?* * *[kʊd]can I -
14 eye
eye [aɪ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. [of person, animal] œil m• a catastrophe is unfolding before our very eyes une catastrophe se déroule actuellement sous nos yeux• why don't you use your eyes? tu es aveugle ?• an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth œil pour œil, dent pour dent• will you keep an eye on the baby? vous pouvez surveiller le bébé ?• he chopped the onions under his mother's watchful eye il coupait les oignons sous l'œil attentif de sa mère• with a critical/an uneasy eye d'un œil critique/inquietd. ( = flair) customers with an eye for a bargain les clients qui savent flairer les bonnes affairese. eyes ( = attention) : he only had eyes for her il n'avait d'yeux que pour elle• "eyes only" (US) « top secret »f. eyes ( = opinion) : in the eyes of... aux yeux de...• one can't close one's eyes to the fact that... il faut bien reconnaître que...► to have one's eye on sth (inf)• to be up to one's eyes in debt être endetté jusqu'au cou► with + eyes( = look at) regarder3. compounds( = surprise) révélation f* * *[aɪ] 1.1) Anatomy œil min front of ou before your (very) eyes — sous vos yeux
to keep an eye on something/somebody — surveiller quelque chose/quelqu'un
to have one's eye on somebody/something — ( watch) surveiller quelqu'un/quelque chose; ( want) avoir envie de [house]; ( lust after) loucher (colloq) sur [person]; ( aim for) viser [job]
to keep one ou half an eye on something/somebody — garder un œil sur quelque chose/quelqu'un
to close ou shut one's eyes — fermer les yeux
to close ou shut one's eyes to something — fig se refuser à reconnaître quelque chose
to open somebody's eyes to something — fig ouvrir les yeux de quelqu'un sur quelque chose
to do something with one's eyes open — fig faire quelque chose en toute connaissance de cause
to go around with one's eyes shut — fig vivre sans rien voir
to keep an eye out ou one's eyes open for somebody/something — essayer de repérer quelqu'un/quelque chose
2) ( opinion)in his eyes... — à ses yeux...
3) ( flair)to have an eye for — avoir le sens de [detail, colour]; s'y connaître en [antiques]
4) ( hole in needle) chas m; ( to attach hook to) œillet m5) ( on potato) œil m6) ( on peacock's tail) œil m, ocelle m7) ( of storm) œil m2.the eye of the storm — fig l'œil de la tempête
noun modifier [ operation] de l'œil; [ muscle, tissue] de l'œil, oculaire; [ ointment, lotion] pour les yeux3.eye trouble — troubles mpl oculaires
- eyed combining form4.transitive verb1) ( look at) regarder [person, object]•Phrasal Verbs:- eye up••to be up to one's eyes in — être submergé de [mail, work]
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15 football
football [ˈfʊtbɔ:l]1. nounb. ( = ball) ballon m (de football)2. compounds[ground, match, team, coach] de football• the Football League (British) la fédération anglaise de football ► football player noun (British) joueur m, - euse f de football ; (US) joueur m de football américain* * *['fʊtbɔːl]1) ( game) GB football m; US football m américain2) ( ball) ballon m de football -
16 little
I.little1 [ˈlɪtl]II.little2 [ˈlɪtl]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective2. pronoun3. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective( = not much) peu de► a little... ( = some) un peu de...• would you like a little milk in your tea? voulez-vous un peu de lait dans votre thé ?• we're having a little trouble nous avons un petit problème► no little...2. pronouna. ( = not much) pas grand-chose• that has very little to do with it! ça n'a pas grand-chose à voir !• however little you give, we'll be grateful votre contribution, même la plus modeste, sera la bienvenueb. ( = small amount) the little I have seen is excellent le peu que j'en ai vu est excellent• every little helps ( = gift) tous les dons sont les bienvenus3. adverba. ( = not much) they spoke very little on the way home ils n'ont pas dit grand-chose sur le chemin du retour► a little... ( = somewhat) un peu...b. ( = not at all) he little imagined that... il était loin de s'imaginer que...• little did he think that... il était loin de se douter que...c. ( = rarely) rarement• you could get one for as little as £20 on peut en trouver pour seulement 20 livres• you can eat well for as little as $5 on peut bien manger pour 5 dollars• I like him as little as you do je ne l'aime pas plus que toi► little by little petit à petit peu à peu► to make little of sth ( = accomplish easily) faire qch sans aucun mal ; ( = play down) minimiser qch ; ( = underestimate) sous-estimer qch• the sailors made little of loading the huge boxes les marins chargeaient les énormes caisses sans aucun mal• he made little of his opportunities ( = failed to exploit) il n'a pas tiré parti des possibilités qu'il avait► to say little for sb ( = reflect badly on)* * *Note: When little is used as a quantifier ( little hope, little damage) it is translated by peu de: peu d'espoir, peu de dégâtsWhen a little is used as a pronoun ( give me a little) it is translated by un peu: donne-m'en un peuWhen little is used alone as a pronoun ( there's little I can do) it is very often translated by pas grand-chose: je ne peux pas faire grand-choseFor examples of these and other uses of little as a pronoun ( to do as little as possible etc) see II belowFor uses of little and a little as adverbs see the entry belowI 1. ['lɪtl](comparative less; superlative least) quantifier2. 3.too little money — trop peu or pas assez d'argent
1) ( not much) peu2) ( not at all)4.a little (bit) adverbial phrase ( slightly) un peu5.a little less/more — un peu moins/plus
as little as adverbial phraseII ['lɪtl]as little as £60 — juste 60 livres sterling
1) ( small) [house, smile, voice] petit (before n)poor little thing — pauvre petit/-e m/f
2) ( young) [sister, boy] petit (before n)3) ( in a small way) [farmer, businessman] petit (before n)4) ( expressing scorn)5) ( short) [snooze] petit (before n)••to make little of — ( not understand) ne pas comprendre grand-chose à [speech]
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17 pennant
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18 series
series [ˈsɪərɪz]* * *['sɪəriːz]1) gen série f2) Radio, Television, Literature série f3) Sport championnat m ( à plusieurs épreuves)4) Electricity série f -
19 skating
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20 super
super [ˈsu:pər]1. adjective2. noun(US) ( = gasoline) super(carburant) m3. compounds* * *['suːpə(r), 'sjuː-] 1.1) US ( petrol) super (carburant) m2) (colloq) abrév = superintendent2.(colloq) adjective, exclamation formidable3.super+ combining form super-
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